After errors hamper reports, Idaho State Controller’s Office says new Luma system works
Officials with the Idaho State Controller’s Office are able to verify state revenue collections unofficially as the state transitions to a new, wide scale business system called Luma. Chief Deputy [...]
Iowa athletic trainer’s license sanctioned after Idaho students allege improprieties
The state of Iowa is allowing an athletic trainer to keep his license after another state sanctioned him over allegations of improprieties with female college students. Idaho state records indicate [...]
1 dead, 3 hospitalized in 2-vehicle collision in western Idaho
MIDVALE — One person is dead and three others were injured in a two-vehicle collision south of Midvale Monday morning. It happened at 7:54 a.m. on U.S. Highway 95 at [...]
Statewide goals for public education in Idaho
I have been involved in public education in Idaho for over 50 years, starting as a teacher, retiring as superintendent of the state’s largest school district and now I am [...]
October solar eclipse to darken Idaho skies. Here’s what to know about historic event
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – When the sky turns dark, and the sun becomes an ominous, burning “ring of fire” later this month, don’t worry; the apocalypse isn’t upon us. It’s [...]
West Ada program prepares teens for police, fire and EMT careers
West Ada students enrolled in a fire services program receive hands-on training in professions such as fire fighting. These photos were taken for Idaho Education News by Brandon Schertler. “Let’s [...]
Student debt relief scams on the rise. Here’s what borrowers need to know.
Complaints about student debt relief scams are increasing as borrowers restart payments on their student loans after more than a three-year pause. Consumer protection advocates say that the Biden administration’s [...]
Westside Ranger District begins prescribed fire in Toponce Drainage Monday
The following in a news release from Caribou-Targhee National Forest: POCATELLO — Starting Monday, Oct. 1 through Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Westside Ranger District plans to ignite a 1,259-acre prescribed [...]
Gavin Newsom picks Laphonza Butler as Dianne Feinstein replacement
Butler is expected to be sworn-in to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris. Newsom’s selection of Butler comes at a moment of immense change in California’s [...]
Rigby student wins Zions Bank scholarship
The following is a news release from Zions Bank: RIGBY– A Rigby Junior High student is the latest recipient of Zions Bank’s Pays for A’s scholarship. Eighth-grader Julie Erhardt won [...]
Annual summit seeks to empower Hispanic and Native American students
The following is a news release from the College of Eastern Idaho: POCATELLO — College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) and Idaho State University (ISU) have joined forces with the Idaho [...]
Congress clears bill to avert shutdown, with vote promised later on Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a bill Saturday night that would stave off a government shutdown until at least mid-November, though the measure doesn’t include Ukraine aid backed by Republicans and [...]
INL researchers successfully complete ground-breaking experiment
The following is a news release from the Idaho National Laboratory: ARCO — For decades, light-water nuclear power plants have provided safe, reliable carbon-free energy in the United States and [...]
‘Super’ J.J. Saldaña remembered as Idaho’s fiercest — and fabulous — Latino advocate
J.J. Saldaña, above all else, was a doer for his Boise community. He spent nearly 24 years dedicating his professional life to the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, where he [...]
White House welcomes shutdown resolution — sees another crack at Ukraine aid soon
The bill McCarthy brought to the House floor didn’t just fund the government, it also included $16 billion in disaster relief and, as one White House official noted, avoided “any [...]
Kootenai County sheriff ‘disturbed’ by sexually explicit library books, saying he’d pay to keep them
POST FALLS (Spokesman Review) — Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he was “shocked” and “disturbed” at some of the books available to youths at local libraries, and he’s been [...]
Part of Highway 26 near Ririe to close Monday for pipe installation
The following is a news release from the Idaho Transportation Department: IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Transportation Department will close a portion of U.S. Highway 26 near Ririe starting Monday [...]
Dysfunctional Congress hurtles toward Sunday’s inevitable government shutdown
The Democratic Senate has its own troubles, well beyond a military promotion blockade: The death of one member, Dianne Feinstein, and the indictment of another, Bob Menendez. With two more [...]
East Idaho Eats: Pocatello fudge company mixing up some far out flavors
POCATELLO — There are no limitations to the flavor of fudge — at least, that is how Jeremy Breen feels. Breen opened Far Out Fudge in Downtown Pocatello last fall. [...]
Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan
WASHINGTON — A sweeping government shutdown appeared inevitable on Friday, with the U.S. Senate stuck in a procedural holding pattern on its bipartisan stopgap bill and divided U.S. House Republicans [...]
Timberline teacher’s suspension gives rise to a larger conversation about Title IX
The Boise School District sent a mass email to patrons Thursday evening — an attempt to clarify the circumstances surrounding Timberline High School teacher Laura Boulton’s suspension, which has sparked [...]
Doctors in Idaho ERs no longer shielded from prosecution under abortion law
Emergency room doctors in Idaho are no longer protected from prosecution under the state’s abortion ban after the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an order that had been [...]
Dispute continues between Idaho Republican Party and Bingham County GOP
This story was originally published on Idaho Reports on Sept. 28, 2023. A dispute between the state Republican party and a local party continued in court on Thursday over whether the [...]
Dianne Feinstein, California’s first woman in Senate, dies
Dianne Feinstein, who surmounted an abusive childhood and early political failures to become the first woman to represent California in the Senate and a central figure in the rise of [...]
Prosecutors demand Amazon information on the purchase of knives in case against Kohberger
(CNN) — Prosecutors in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, demanded customer information from Amazon related to the [...]
























